19G JOURNEY TO THE SHORES 



and two deer, and experienced very great 

 variations of temperature, from the light 

 breezes blowing alternately from the ice and 

 the land. The name of " Lawford's Islands" 

 was bestowed on a group we passed in the 

 course of the day, as a mark of my respect 

 for Vice- Admiral Lawford, under whose 

 auspices I first entered the naval service. 



A fresh breeze blowing through the night 

 had driven the ice from the land, and 

 opened a channel of a mile in width ; we 

 therefore embarked at nine A.M. to pursue 

 our journey along the coast, but at the dis- 

 tance of nine miles were obliged to seek 

 shelter in Port Epworth, the wind having 

 become adverse, and too strong to admit of 

 our proceeding. The Tree River of the 

 Esquimaux, which discharges its waters 

 into this bay, appears to be narrow, and 

 much interrupted by rapids. The fishing- 

 nets were set, but obtained only one white 

 fish and a few bull-heads. This part of the 

 coast is the most sterile and inhospitable 

 that can be imagined. One trap cliff suc- 

 ceeds another with tiresome uniformity, and 



